Free will and Upachaya’s The Creator Brahma has written on the foreheads of all living beings their fates, which are deciphered by the astrologers through their pure insight - S A R A V A L I - authored by Rafal Gendarz under the guidance of Visti Larsen CONTENT CHARTS 1.1 Determinism .................2 1.2 Free will & Prasna..............5 Chart 1:Adolph Hitler............................11 1.3 Upachaya...........................3 Chart 2: Swami Vivekananda...............11 Chart 3: John Edwards...........................12 1.4 Shastyamsa Varga.............9 Chart 4: Trisama Prabhu........................13 1.5 Case studies....... ............10 Chart 5: Jananivas Prabhu.....................14 Chart 5: Author ......................................15 - 1 - 1.1 Determinism & Free will HOW FREE WE ARE.. Thomas Hobbes – english philosopher and political theorist from XVII – century - says that phrase “free will” has no sense as will must be free because it is part of freedom, there is nothing such as unfree will. So this article tell us how much we are free in taking / building our atmosphere and karma. DEFINITION Free will - The power of making free choices that are unconstrained by external circumstances or by an agency such as fate or divine will. VIEWS Libertanianism says that we have metaphysical freedom, it is sometimes called voluntarism. Compatibilism says that free will still stays in deterministic world. Part of beliefs, thoughts & desires. Generally among philosophers some say we are determined by the conception of what we think is good, but next school says that knowledge & desire are seperatable. The second view is also present in Gita where Arjuna asks why we do action which are unproper (2 nd chapter). Concept: Bhasya: Determinism view that all events are the necessary results of previous causes, that everything that happens has a cause Incomaptibilism view that there is no way to reconcile a belief in a deterministic universe with actual free will Hard determinism view that accepts both determinism and incompatibilism, and rejects the idea that humans have any free will Libertarianism view hat individuals do have metaphysical freedom and which therefore rejects determinism Compatibilism view that free will still emerges out of a deterministic universe even in the absence of metaphysical uncertainty - 2 - Mainly the schools we can divide into two schools: determinism & indeterminism. Jyotish takes the shades of grey between the two as Jupiter is karak of balance / harmonizing. In medevial ages the soul idea was born. God has created the humans impowered by free will. Human can choose to follow path of light or shadow/dark. Where is choice there must be free will but then subject changes from philosophy to sociology and then there is a question how far can the person reach beyond the ground firmed by social background? Various persons born in same social background gain different positions in life, we can stick this to abilities & powers of specific person but then why this person has this abilities? If we cling to theory of chaos then this question never arise as randomity is foundation of unjustice but if there is suspicion of Supreme controler then we must seek the ballance between karma (something which is put on us) and free will (spot from which we are building/creating). Representative: Concept: Friedrich Schiller & Rudolf Steiner Individual is initially unfree, they are driven by morality/rationality and desires as well, the sollution is balance between these two ways of acting, free will is not natural but can be attained. Thomas Hobbes Person act freely only when the person willed the ac and could do otherwise : so concious decision is important. John Locke Phrase free will doesnt have any sense, he took view that determinism was irrelevant. Defining feature of voluntarity is ability to postpone a decision long enough to reflect Wiliam James Author of phrase “soft determinism”. Taken to ethical ground as there is no proof on taken this discussion on scientific/psychological level Johnatan Edward Indeterminism was incompatible with individual dependence on God and hence with his sovereignty. He reasoned that if individuals' responses to God's grace are contra-causally free, then their salvation depends partly on them and therefore God's sovereignty is not "absolute and universal. Isaiah Berlin This principle — van Inwagen calls it the "principle of alternate possibilities" — is said be a necessary condition for freedom. In this view acts performed under the influence of irresistible coercion are not free Plato no one would deliberately choose a worse over a better course of action, people's decisions are determined by their understanding - 3 - Aristotle he distinguished between reason and desire, pointing out that people sometimes do what they desire even when they know it will harm themselves or others St. Thomas Aquinas freedom of man's will in spite of divine omnipotence, holding that God's omnipotence meant he could do all things possible or consistent with his goodness and reason, which did not include the predetermination of human will William of Occam There is free will but claimed it impossible for any human to comprehend how it is compatible with God's foreknowledge and omniscience, which cannot be distinguished from his role as prime mover and original cause GITA VIEW According to philosophy of Gita there are five things which inspires the action. They are known as Daiva,Karta, Karanam, Adhistha, Cesta. Generally the Daiva is karma / fate or God intervention and the rest are attribute of will. There are many misunderstanding among western scholar about Hindoo philosophy being deterministic which reveal uninformed opinion on that specific and subtle topic. Generally there are this three types of Karma: Type of Karma Description sanchita karma "Accumulated actions." The sum of all karmas of this life and past lives. prarabdha karma "Actions begun; set in motion." That portion of sanchita karma that is bearing fruit and shaping the events and conditions of the current life, including the nature of one's bodies, personal tendencies and associations kriyamana karma "Being made." The karma being created and added to sanchita in this life by one's thoughts, words and actions, or in the inner worlds between lives. Kriyamana karma is also called agami, "coming, arriving," and vartamana, "living, set in motion." While some kriyamana karmas bear fruit in the current life, others are stored for future births. - 4 - • Author of Prasna Marga (according to Dr BV Raman) has tried to explain that sanchita karma can be exhausted by our sojourn in heaven or hell, whereas prarabdha must be experienced in this life. Prarabdha- karma, at the end of this life will result in our re-birth. There is also concept of Prarabdha & Aprarabdha. “When the seeds (béja) of sinful reactions have not yet fructified, the reactions are called aprärabdha” 1. So there are reaction who are just about to manifest (kuta) and that which are barely manifesting (beeja). The fructifying beeja into prarabdha is called phalonmukha . The Padma Purana says: (1.1.23) aprarabdha-phalam papam kutam bijam phalonmukham kramenaiva praliyeta visnu-bhakti-ratatmanam There are different stages of dormant reactions to sinful activities to be observed in a sinful life. Sinful reactions may be just waiting to take effect [phalonmukha], reactions may be still further dormant [kuta], or the reactions may be in a seedlike state [bija]. In any case, all types of sinful reactions are vanquished one after another if a person engages in the devotional service of Lord Visnu. 1.2 Free will & Prasna KARMA In Prasna Marga it is stated that man is born to reap the consequence of his past Karma. Portion from that which belong to Sanchita man reap in higher or lower planetary systems but the rest he reaps in next life born in womb of woman according to destiny. Kundali built on Janma time tell us about karma we reap from previous lifes, and the importance of that we see from statement of Parasara about weightage of Shastyamsa chart in Vimshopak system calculation. JYOTISH MEANS LIGHT Rasi Kundali built on Prasna tell us about exact moment of destiny chain. This chain of destiny is our journey and Jyotish is about enlighten us about this Journey according to Jatak Parijat (“there is nothing in the world like 1 Srila Prabhupada: Srimad Bhagavatam commentary - 5 - horoscope to help men in aquisition of wealth...and to serve to them as guide in their journeys” JP XVI/2). According to Jatak Bharanam without Light of Astrology we cant say if our standart of life is high, medium or low. The standart is built on previous deeds done conciously or unconciously with the association of three modes of nature namely: satva, rajas & tamas. The karma we reap is noted by Chitra Gupta and can be revealed through Prasna. JUDGE THE USAGE OF FREE WILL If Prasna Kundali has better yoga’s than Janma then there is uplifment of good fortune / karma through present lifetime effort. Therefore there is need for Prasna chart especially for longevity matters. 1.3 Upachaya GROWTH THROUGH MALEFICS Upachaya are the third, sixth, tenth and eleventh bhavas. These are the bhavas which causes growth, and Phaldeepika says that house will flourish in the dasa of malefics in third, sixth and eleventh. These are the houses where malefics do what they gotta do - take from others with mood of anger(mars), cheat(rahu), sudden event(ketu) and lie(sani). RAHU INSIDE TRIKA The grahas which lords these houses in natural zodiac are the cause of jelousy (i.e Sani & Buddha) which means that the world of Rahu is world of jelousy while the world of Ketu (moksa-marga) is world of equallity which comes from soul-level platform. What is important here : Rahu exalts in third natural sign, has Mooltikrona in sixth and owns eleventh sign.